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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHSA-2019:3878-01 Important Intel Memory Issue

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Calendar Grey November 13, 2019
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An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* hw: Intel GPU blitter manipulation can allow for arbitrary kernel memory write (CVE-2019-0155)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux important kernel security impact arbitrary memory write Intel GPU

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0155 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://access.redhat.com/solutions/i915-graphics

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: kernel-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.src.rpm
i386: kernel-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm perf-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.24.3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3878-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3878
Issue date: 2019-11-13

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux important kernel security impact arbitrary memory write Intel GPU

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1724398 - CVE-2019-0155 hw: Intel GPU blitter manipulation can allow for arbitrary kernel memory write

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